Comment by username223
5 days ago
Very strong "reverse centaur" vibes here, in the sense of humans becoming servants to machines, instead of vice versa. Not that I think making things more machine-readable is a waste of time, but you have to keep in mind the amount of human time sacrificed.
Well, it wouldn't even be the first time.
We've completely redesigned society around cars - making the most human populated environments largely worse for humans along the way.
Universal sidewalks (not really needed with slow moving traffic like horses and carts - though nice even back then), traffic lights, stop signs, street crossing, interchanges, etc.
As a cyclist, I’m with you 100%. Unfortunately we’re probably going to do it again with self-driving cars, with segregated lanes, special markers, etc.
A pessimistic look at self driving cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=040ejWnFkj0&t=3148s
If we end up where the video presents, humans don't deserve technology of any kind.
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